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Article Index: Fourth Quarter 2024 Category: Chronological Archive Page Sections: October · November · December |
| October | Title | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 1 October 2024 | ||
| 1 October 2024 | 21-Year-Old Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Alien Smuggling Conspiracy During the traffic stop, DPS officers were assisted by Border Patrol agents who discovered two men dressed in camouflage in the trunk of Ochoa-Renteria’s vehicle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Tucson, Arizona  |
| 1 October 2024 | Allen Man Found Not Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter The charge related to Sharp allegedly operating a motor vehicle on May 15, 2022, near Pine Ridge while under the intoxicating influence of alcohol after which the vehicle crashed resulting in another male being killed. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Dakota Dateline: Rapid City, South Dakota |
| 1 October 2024 | CELEBRATING A CENTURY OF INNOVATION AT GENERAL MOTORS' MILFORD PROVING GROUND Located in Oakland County, Michigan, Milford Proving Ground has played a pivotal role in shaping the future of transportation since its opening on September 25, 1924, and stands as the oldest dedicated vehicle testing facility in the world. | Speech (text) Publication: Congressional Record Speaker: Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin Topic: General Motors |
| 1 October 2024 | Entry-Level Driver Training: State of Alaska Application for Renewal of Exemption The exemption renewal allows the State to waive specified portions of the CDL skills test for drivers who reside and operate in 14 defined geographic areas that lack the infrastructure to allow completion of the full skills test. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Vincent G. White |
| 1 October 2024 | HONORING CONGRESSMAN DAVID CURSON'S SERVICE TO SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN AND THE NATION A dedicated member of the United Auto Workers, he has forever fought for the right of working-class Americans and his work should be commended. | Speech (text) Publication: Congressional Record Speaker: Congresswoman Debbie Dingell Topics: David Curson, UAW |
| 1 October 2024 | Jefferson County felon sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for gas station robbery According to court documents, on January 16, 2024, law enforcement officers responded to a call regarding an armed robbery at the Speedway Gas Station located on Eastex Freeway in Beaumont. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Texas Dateline: Beaumont, Texas Topic: Speedway |
| 1 October 2024 | Knoxville Man Sentenced To 380 Months For Drug And Firearm Offenses After Assaulting Officer And Crashing Van In Attempt To Flee During the search, Harris ran to the driver’s side door, got in, and sped onto Clinton Highway, with a KPD officer inside. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Tennessee Byline: Rachelle Barnes Dateline: Knoxville, Tennessee |
| Wednesday, 2 October 2024 | ||
| 2 October 2024 | Chinle Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Kidnapping and Assault In July 2020, the victim was passing through the Navajo Nation on a road trip when John and a co-defendant broke into his car while he was resting for the night. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Phoenix, Arizona |
| 2 October 2024 | Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 59, Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp., U.S.A.; (All-Terrain Vehicles); Lincoln, Nebraska The proposed foreign-status materials/components include motor vehicle air conditioning units and refrigerant lines for motor vehicle air conditioning units. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Foreign-Trade Zones Board Byline: Elizabeth Whiteman Topic: Kawasaki |
| 2 October 2024 | Guilty Plea Entered in Connection with March 2024 Shooting in NW DC According to the government’s evidence, at around 5 p.m. on March 25, 2024, Suggs fired multiple gunshots at the victim as the victim fled in his vehicle in an alley near the 3700 block of 10th Street Northwest in Washington, D.C. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 2 October 2024 | Jacksonville Armed Drug Trafficker Sentenced To More Than 8 Years In Federal Prison After High-Speed Chase When detectives activated their emergency equipment to conduct a traffic stop, Williams led JSO on a high-speed chase that continued along multiple streets. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida Dateline: Jacksonville, Florida |
| 2 October 2024 | Leader of Catalytic Converter Theft Crew Sentenced to Decade in Prison A precipitous decline in catalytic converter thefts has been reported in Massachusetts as a result of the takedown – with nine reported incidents of catalytic converter theft over the past 18 months following the arrests, in comparison to the hundreds of thefts reported during the nine-month period prior. | Press Release (text &  photos)Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts Dateline: Boston, Massachusetts |
| 2 October 2024 | St. Louis Man Admits Being Caught with Guns and Drugs After Fleeing Police When officers tried to stop the Charger, McCoy drove away, rolling over spike strips that had been placed in front of the car. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri Byline: Robert Patrick Dateline: St. Louis, Missouri |
| 2 October 2024 | Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Construction Activities Associated With the Murray St. Bridge Seismic Retrofit Project in Santa Cruz, California NMFS has received a request from the City of Santa Cruz for the re-issuance of previously issued incidental harassment authorizations. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Byline: Kimberly Damon-Randall |
| 2 October 2024 | Two Armed Robbers Sentenced After Carjacking and Robbery On December 4, 2022, Villalba was messaging a male victim through a dating application and agreed to meet up. Upon arrival, the victim’s vehicle was rushed by two armed individuals, Villalba and Titone. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Oklahoma Dateline: Tusla, Oklahoma |
| 2 October 2024 | Two defendants await sentencing after pleading guilty in shooting, armed carjacking during drug deal The defendants then stole M.M.’s vehicle and fled, leaving behind a pickup that had been rented by Williams. Port Wentworth police recovered Williams’ personally owned car with the bag and drugs in it after a brief car chase from which Williams escaped. | Press Release (text & photo) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Georgia Byline: Barry L. Paschal Dateline: Savannah, Georgia |
| 2 October 2024 | Two KC Men Sentenced in Scheme to Steal Firearms from Vehicles Rayquan Duane Pettaway, 25, and Roy Rushing, 27, were sentenced in separate appearances before U.S. District Judge Greg Kays. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Missouri Dateline: Kansas City, Missouri |
| 2 October 2024 | Young Houstonians admit to carjacking in failed smuggling attempt While in McAllen May 19, Rodriguez and Hardy approached a male victim outside his car at a Stripes gas station near a mechanic shop. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: Corpus Christi, Texas Topic: Stripes |
| Thursday, 3 October 2024 | ||
| 3 October 2024 | KC Man Sentenced in Scheme to Steal Firearms from Vehicles Treyon Bloodsoe admitted that he participated in a conspiracy to break into vehicles and steal firearms and other items. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Missouri Dateline: Kansas City, Missouri |
| 3 October 2024 | Lakeland Man Charged With Ten Counts Of Bank Fraud According to the indictment, Yacoub made dozens of fraudulent deposits and withdrawals on behalf of his companies, Visionary Auto Body LLC, and Visionary Auto Care LLC, at financial institutions throughout the Middle District of Florida. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida Dateline: Tampa, Florida Topic: Abraham Othman Yacoub |
| Friday, 4 October 2024 | ||
| 4 October 2024 | Air Plan Approval; District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia; Update of the Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets for the Washington-MD-VA 2008 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard Maintenance Area The revisions update the motor vehicle emissions budgets and the onroad and nonroad mobile emissions for volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides for the years 2025 and 2030. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Adam Ortiz |
| 4 October 2024 | Armed Fayetteville Drug Trafficker Who Led Law Enforcement on Dangerous High-Speed Chase Sentenced to Over 27 Years On May 31, 2022, officers with the Fayetteville Police Department attempted to initiate a traffic stop on a vehicle operated by Frink for an expired license plate tag. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of North Carolina Dateline: New Bern, North Carolina |
| 4 October 2024 | Comoto Holdings, Inc., Receipt of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance Comoto Holdings has determined that certain Street & Steel Oakland motorcycle helmets do not fully comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 218, Motorcycle Helmets. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Otto G. Matheke III Topic: Street & Steel |
| 4 October 2024 | Foreign-Trade Zone 227; Application for Subzone; Canoo Inc.; Pryor, Oklahoma No authorization for production activity has been requested at this time. The proposed subzone would be subject to the existing activation limit of FTZ 227. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Foreign-Trade Zones Board Byline: Elizabeth Whiteman Topic: Canoo |
| 4 October 2024 | Honduran National Sentenced for Transporting Illegal Aliens from Texas to Georgia According to court documents, GARCIA was encountered by a United States Border Patrol agent near Slidell, Louisiana. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 4 October 2024 | McLaughlin Man Sentenced for Voluntary Manslaughter Guggolz pulled up next to the man and confronted him about his driving, mocking and belittling him. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Dakota Dateline: Aberdeen, South Dakota |
| 4 October 2024 | Michelin North America, LLC, Grant of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance Michelin North America has determined that certain Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4 replacement passenger car tires do not fully comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 139, New Pneumatic Radial Tires for Light Vehicles. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Otto G. Matheke III Topic: Michelin |
| 4 October 2024 | Notice of Availability and Request for Comment: Data Regarding Debris Penetration Hazards for Recreational Off-Highway Vehicles and Utility Task/Terrain Vehicles Debris penetration through the floorboard or wheel well of an ROV or UTV can impale the occupants of the vehicles, and incidents associated with debris penetration have caused severe injuries and deaths. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Consumer Product Safety Commission Byline: Alberta E. Mills |
| 4 October 2024 | Rapid City Man Sentenced for Involuntary Manslaughter In May of 2023, Morrison, who was intoxicated, was driving a vehicle just north of Pine Ridge when he lost control of the vehicle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Dakota Dateline: Rapid City, South Dakota |
| Monday, 7 October 2024 | ||
| 7 October 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities; Notice and Request for Comment; Limousine Crashworthiness Safety Research In an effort to understand the limousine market and the characteristics of limousine vehicles with respect to crashworthiness and occupant safety, and to comply with a Congressional mandate, NHTSA is seeking approval for a new information collection request. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Cem Hatipoglu |
| 7 October 2024 | National Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council; Solicitation of Applications NEMSAC provides information, advice, and recommendations to the Secretary via the Administrator of NHTSA, and through NHTSA to FICEMS on matters relating to all aspects of development and implementation of EMS. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Nanda Narayanan Srinivasan |
| 7 October 2024 | Supplemental Initial Decision That Certain Frontal Driver and Passenger Air Bag Inflators Manufactured by ARC Automotive Inc. and Delphi Automotive Systems LLC, and Vehicles in Which Those Inflators Were Installed, Contain a Safety Defect On October 2, 2024, NHTSA received a request from counsel representing certain unspecified motor vehicle and motor vehicle equipment manufacturers asking NHTSA to extend the period for written submissions by two weeks. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Eileen Sullivan Topics: ARC Automotive, Delphi |
| Thursday, 24 October 2024 | ||
| 24 October 2024 | Florida Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Violate the Clean Air Act Florida-based company created and sold to Spokane trucking companies illegal software designed to defeat and disable emissions controls on diesel trucks. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Washington Byline: Robert Curry Dateline: Spokane, Washington |
| November | Title | Details |
| Thursday, 14 November 2024 | ||
| 14 November 2024 | Three Admit Nearly $350,000 Auto Loan Fraud Willie Roy Carter claimed the cars were being sold by City Limits Auto Sales, a business name registered in Missouri in 2016 by Charles Davis. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri Byline: Robert Patrick Dateline: St. Louis, Missouri |
| December | Title | Details |
| Friday, 13 December 2024 | ||
| 13 December 2024 | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Formalizes Whistleblower Program The new rules define terms critical to the operation of the whistleblower program, outline procedures for submitting original information to the NHTSA and applying for awards and discuss the NHTSA’s procedures for making decision on applications. | Press Release (text) Publisher: National Whistleblowers Center via PressReleasePoint.com Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 13 December 2024 | Spokane Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Violate the Clean Air Act and Stealing COVID-19 Relief Funds Under the Clean Air Act, diesel trucks are required to maintain systems and components that limit harmful emissions of dangerous pollutants such as diesel particulates. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Washington Byline: Robert Curry Dateline: Spokane, Washington |
| 13 December 2024 | Supreme Court Will Not Consider Challenges to California Core Authority to Establish Clean Vehicle Standards Brought by Oil and Gas Interests In a short, unsigned order, the Court declined to consider oil and gas interests’ challenge to the lawfulness of EPA’s decision granting California a waiver from Clean Air Act preemption for its clean vehicle standards. | Press Release (text) Publisher: Environmental Defense Fund via PressReleasePoint.com Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| Monday, 16 December 2024 | ||
| 16 December 2024 | Kapsch TrafficCom supports Germany's leading role in autonomous and connected driving C-ITS technology is crucial for implementing the strategy Kapsch TrafficCom plays a key role as a technology developer. | Press Release (text) Publisher: Kapsch TrafficCom via PressReleasePoint.com Byline: Carolin Treichl & Sandra Bijelic Dateline: Vienna, Austria  |
| 16 December 2024 | Resident of China Sentenced to 24 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Send Leading Electric Vehicle Company’s Trade Secrets “In stealing trade secrets from an American electric vehicle manufacturer to use in his own China-based company, Pflugbeil’s actions stood to benefit the PRC in a critical industry with national security implications,” said Assistant Attorney General for National Security Matthew G. Olsen. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Department of Justice Topic: Klaus Pflugbeil, Yilong Shao, Tesla |
| 16 December 2024 | Resident of China Sentenced to 24 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Send Trade Secrets Belonging to Leading U.S.-Based Electric Vehicle Company “The defendant built a business in China to sell sensitive technology that belongs to a U.S. company. His actions were bold—he even advertised that he was selling the victim’s products—because he thought, incorrectly, that he was outside the reach of U.S. prosecutors,” stated United States Attorney Breon Peace. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York Topics: Klaus Pflugbeil, Yilong Shao, Tesla |
| 16 December 2024 | Supreme Court Will Not Consider Constitutional Challenges to California Clean Vehicle The Court’s order denying a petition submitted by Ohio and other states comes after the Court on Friday declined to consider the merits of oil and gas interests’ separate challenges to the lawfulness of EPA’s decision granting California a waiver of Clean Air Act preemption for its clean vehicle standards. | Press Release (text) Publisher: Environmental Defense Fund via PressReleasePoint.com Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 16 December 2024 | Two Juveniles Plead Guilty for November 2023 Carjacking At the time of the offense, Robert Littles was 16 years old and Jessup Meeks was 17 years old. Both were charged as adults. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| Tuesday, 17 December 2024 | ||
| 17 December 2024 | Activity in the U.S. Attorney's Office Sandra Pappas of Arvada, Colorado, was convicted of driving under the influence and sentenced to pay a fine of $750 and placed on one year of unsupervised probation, the terms of which include a ban on her entering Yellowstone National Park during that time. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Wyoming Byline: Lori Hogan |
| 17 December 2024 | Billings man admits possessing stolen firearm after breaking into police vehicles Surveillance video from of one of the thefts showed a suspect wearing black shoes and riding a black and red bicycle with skinny tires. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana Byline: Clair J. Howard Dateline: Billings, Montana |
| 17 December 2024 | Camden Man Pleads Guilty to Two South Philadelphia Carjackings As described in the superseding indictment and other publicly filed documents in this case the first victim, an Uber driver, was picking up a passenger at the Ikea on Columbus Boulevard in South Philadelphia. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania Dateline: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 17 December 2024 | Driver in Failed Meth Smuggling Conspiracy Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison Linnette Rodriguez-Potter was referred to a secondary inspection at the Del Rio Port of Entry on July 25, 2020. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Texas Dateline: Del Rio, Texas |
| 17 December 2024 | Heart Butte man admits manslaughter charge in fatal crash on Blackfeet Indian Reservation The government alleged in court documents that Chasen James Kipp was driving a 2022 Dodge Charger near the Cut Bank airport on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation when he crossed the center line of traffic and collided with a sedan. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana Byline: Clair J. Howard Dateline: Great Falls, Montana |
| Wednesday, 18 December 2024 | ||
| 18 December 2024 | Bridgeport Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Vehicle Theft Scheme Beginning in September 2020, Tyshon Walker obtained personal information stolen from residents of Connecticut and other states and used it to apply for vehicle loans at dealerships in Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Rhode Island for motorcycles, an all-terrain vehicle, and other performance vehicles. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Connecticut |
| 18 December 2024 | Defendant Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Violent Spree Of Gunpoint Carjackings Fourth member of violent crew of carjackers sentenced for string of gunpoint carjackings in manhattan and the Bronx. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York |
| 18 December 2024 | Man Sentenced to Over Thirteen Years in Federal Prison for Armed Robbery of Indianapolis Gas Station and Shooting of an Employee After shooting the victim, George Tracy told him to “have a good day bro.” | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Indiana Dateline: Indianapolis, Indiana Topic: Mobil |
| Thursday, 19 December 2024 | ||
| 19 December 2024 | Apopka Man Sentenced To 12 Months For Tax Evasion James Fabius King used nominee businesses to pay personal expenses and car payments on his $151,890 Audi R8 sports car. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida Dateline: Orlando, Florida |
| 19 December 2024 | Bronx Gang Member Charged With Murdering 18-Year-Old Jayquan McKenley In Drive-By Shooting On February 6, 2022, Paul Johnson and others murdered Jayquan McKenley in a drive-by shooting in Brooklyn, New York. Jayquan McKenley was 18 years old. | Press Release (text &  document)Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York |
| 19 December 2024 | Lansing Man, Prosecuted Under Safe Summer Program, Sentenced To 27 Months In Prison After callers reported hearing numerous gunshots from a car driving by, Lansing police responded and found Mychal Marcell Borney in the passenger seat of a car in the area. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Michigan Dateline: Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| 19 December 2024 | St. Charles County Man Sentenced for Multiple Vehicle-Related Frauds In 2022, Ronald Johnson tricked a victim from Pennsylvania into paying $41,750 for a 2002 Ford Excursion that he’d already sold to a victim in South Dakota for $45,000. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri Byline: Robert Patrick Dateline: St. Louis, Missouri |
| 19 December 2024 | U.S. Attorney's Office Secures Sentencing of Zuni Man for Violent Assault The investigation revealed that the incident began when Christopher Hannaweeke Sr., an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Zuni, hit the victim's dog with his vehicle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico Dateline: Albuquerque, New Mexico |